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00:00The 13-yard line.
00:01Atkins got it.
00:0327-yard punt, well placed.
00:05Kirk Cousins will be back out there.
00:08He's thrown a touchdown pass, and he's down by 7 on CBS.
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00:44Jackson Powers, Johnson is back at the right guard today.
00:47Didn't play last week against the Chiefs with a groin injury.
00:50Started the first three games.
00:52Cousins gets it after the Patriot punt.
00:54At the 13, first and 10.
00:56And Jenty back there with him.
00:58And a quick throw and a nice catch across the way by Trey Tucker.
01:01And he's out close to the first down as we now go to the field.
01:05Presented by ChatGPT in Melanie Collins.
01:08Well, thanks, Kevin.
01:09Kirk Cousins told us that at 38 years old, he actually loves being the old guy in the locker room.
01:13He joked that his teammates have actually restored his faith in Gen Z because they're really great guys.
01:17He said they didn't grow up in the 90s.
01:19But they're always there to remind him that he is from a different era, whether it's with movies or pop
01:24culture references.
01:25He said it's helped him as a father at home, too, because he keeps up with all the young guys'
01:28lingo.
01:29And he's more hip.
01:30We like that.
01:31First and 10.
01:32Here's the chase by Williams.
01:34And he has to throw it under dire straits.
01:37And he gets it off to Michael Mayer, who is at about the 25 on a gain of two.
01:44And Mel mentioned this earlier as we watched this play again and the heavy pressure for Milt Williams.
01:49But Cousins was with now his head coach, Clint Kubiak, back in Minnesota.
01:55And Mel talked about it early on, but that relationship played a reason why he comes in.
01:59A big reason why.
02:00Because Kirk told us that that was one of his, if not his most successful season, was 2021 when Clint
02:06was the offensive coordinator in the play caller and understanding what Cousins likes most.
02:11Jim Z with a short run on that second down.
02:14Ellis wrapped him up.
02:15There is a gain of two as you take a look at Clint Kubiak.
02:19We know about his dad, Gary Kubiak.
02:21And he also had him the first two years in Minnesota was his quarterback coach.
02:24And as a quarterback coach, you build a much more strong relationship.
02:28And then as your play caller.
02:30So those two things together, when all of a sudden the opportunity with the Raiders opened up, he knew it
02:36would be a good fit.
02:37Clint Kubiak is the 15th different head coach for the Raiders in the last 23 years.
02:43Third and six underneath.
02:44They get the first down of Bowers and room to roam.
02:47And he is then shoved out of bounds by defensive back Marcus Jones.
02:51It's a catch and run of 18.
02:53It's a first down for the Raiders up to their 45.
02:56Well, they catch them in a zone blitz.
02:58And they do a great job of protection because the amount of pressure that the Patriots are bringing.
03:03They drop a defender on the defensive line out into coverage.
03:06Nobody underneath that's going to be able to keep up with.
03:09Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
03:11Hold.
03:13Hold.
03:17There was a bench area substitute.
03:19Therefore, we have to hold up the play.
03:22Still first down.
03:23Okay.
03:24Well, you see the official went running in to stop it.
03:26And then he realized, oh, they're about to snap this ball.
03:28I'm going to be caught right in the middle of it.
03:29Right in the middle of a tsunami.
03:32That's not a good spot to be with no pads on.
03:34Yeah.
03:35Watch him as he comes running in.
03:36And then he stops.
03:37And he's like, nope, not getting in there.
03:40Trent, the Raiders have faced a lot of eight-man loading up the box defenses so far this season.
03:47Probably more than anybody.
03:48When you think about it, they're trying to force their hand.
03:50The Raiders, as far as, like, that number one receiver other than Bowers,
03:55they're trying to get this run game stop with Jenty being the focal point of that.
03:59After the Bowers' 18-yard play, here it is.
04:02The quarterback, Kubiak, chased by Trayvon Jones, who has to throw it away.
04:06The quarterback, Cousins, has to throw it away with the heavy pressure.
04:10Here, another flag.
04:11A lot going on in that play.
04:17Drayvon Jones was coming through and blowing it up.
04:21Well, Cousins feels like he was outside the pocket in terms of outside the tackle box.
04:25And the ball got past the line of scrimmage.
04:29So, as far as an intentional grounding...
04:36I was going to say, too...
04:37I thought we were going to hear it, but no.
04:38We're not.
04:38Go ahead.
04:39But Kubiak is calling the plays.
04:41Yes.
04:41An eligible man downfield.
04:43Offense, number 58.
04:45Five-yard penalty.
04:46Replay first down.
04:47On Bowers' Johnson.
04:48So, you know, some coaches give it up.
04:50Some don't.
04:51Sean Payton is taking it back in Denver.
04:53And Kubiak is continuing to call the plays as he did in Seattle.
04:56Well, and D'Amico Ryan took back the defensive play calling down in Houston.
04:59So, you asked him about that, Kevin.
05:01You asked him, you're like, listen, as a play caller taking over as head coach,
05:04trying to do both roles, we asked him how that helps.
05:06Mike McCoy, the assistant head coach,
05:08helps a lot with game planning and helping out there.
05:11Rick Dennison, the offensive line coach, has been a big part of the run game.
05:14So, he's got good balance of what he feels is good balance being both the play caller and the head
05:19coach.
05:19Cousins is 6-9.
05:21We have a touchdown pass already.
05:23First and 15.
05:25Timeout, Raiders.
05:27First charge timeout.
05:28Vegas.
05:30Is it a personnel thing, or do you think he saw something defensively that wouldn't get a miss?
05:34I think Kubiak saw it was down to one second on the play clock.
05:37All right, we'll step aside.
05:39Patriots by seven.
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06:18Raiders use a timeout.
06:19They trail by seven.
06:20They're on the move right now.
06:22Bowers caught one for 18.
06:23Tucker caught one for 10.
06:24With a look at Rick Denison.
06:25Well, Rick Denison and Mike McCoy both right there talking to one another.
06:29Taking over some of the responsibility with Kubiak having to handle a couple of roles.
06:34First and 15.
06:36After the timeout.
06:38And they go to Trey Tucker.
06:40And now he picks up 11.
06:42We'll have a couple Patriots injuries to update you on.
06:45Running back Travion Henderson has an ankle injury.
06:47He's questionable.
06:48And left tackle Will Campbell has a knee injury.
06:50He is questionable.
06:51Both players very gingerly made their way into the locker room under their own power.
06:55But two key players, the Patriots, are going to have to find a way to operate
06:58without on offense, at least for the time being.
07:00Boy, no kidding.
07:01Well, we thank you for that.
07:03Injury is just piling up.
07:04And we knew that the Patriots coming into today had brought up five players over the
07:11course of the last couple days.
07:13Second down for Genji.
07:14Trying to cut.
07:15Not much move.
07:16Hit by Woodson.
07:17And then the Avalanche defenders come and get him, including Jalen Reed from the secondary
07:21and no game.
07:22Third and four.
07:23Kevin, an Avalanche is the perfect way to describe it because there's nowhere for him
07:27to go.
07:28He's looking for a crease inside.
07:29And any time as a defense or a defensive line, you can make the running back stretch it
07:34sideline to sideline and not create a window or lane for him to go, eventually your defensive
07:39backs are going to get there and be able to rally.
07:45Running back out of New Hampshire, Dylan Lobby is in.
07:48It's third and four for Kirk Cousins.
07:52Four-man rush.
07:54And it's caught for the first down.
07:57Powers again with the coverage on the play by Woodson.
08:00It's a 14-yard pickup.
08:02And Bowers now four catches on four targets.
08:06And he continues to pile up the yards.
08:08And a gain of 14 right there to the 35.
08:10Well, they're going to go cover two.
08:12And they're just going to throw it right in the soft spot between the corner and the
08:15safety.
08:16And Bowers is strong enough to bring it in and not allow the ball to get knocked away.
08:20They're trying different things.
08:22Listen, Kevin, they've tried man-to-man and he's taking advantage of that.
08:24They've tried zone and he's working his way through that.
08:27That time they have two guys on him.
08:28Just an excellent throw by Cousins.
08:31Lobby remains.
08:33First and ten.
08:34Blitz is on to the side.
08:35Incomplete pressure from Woodson off the angle.
08:38And Cody White was in his sights.
08:41Brock Bowers today.
08:42Well, they've thrown at him four times.
08:44Here he is in man coverage on Jones.
08:46Just a jump ball over the top of him.
08:48And then in zone, you try to zone blitz with extra pressure coming inside.
08:53Here's man-to-man again for the touchdown.
08:56They're trying different ways.
08:58They tried with the blitz.
08:59We saw the zone coverage.
09:00The blitz up the middle with dropping defensive linemen out.
09:04And Cousins was just able to get rid of it.
09:06So, another effective day so far for Bowers.
09:08Lobby remains.
09:10Gets the call.
09:10Second and ten.
09:11Red well.
09:12Brought down on the play.
09:14Ackes among a couple over there that followed it well.
09:17Knocking down the running back for the Raiders.
09:19And no game.
09:19Second and ten.
09:21Well, you want to get the run game going.
09:23The Raiders want to get the run game.
09:24Listen, this offense is based around the run game.
09:27Think about what they did in Seattle last year.
09:29They were able to run the football, and that's what the Raiders want to do.
09:32They just aren't having much success with it.
09:34And they continue to try.
09:36But this New England defense is up to the challenge with another tackle.
09:40Third and ten.
09:41Third and ten.
09:47They bring four.
09:49Cousins hit.
09:51Cloud Ponder.
09:57It's a sack, and they lose four.
09:59It's the first Patriots sack today.
10:01It's fourth down.
10:05And they push them out of field goal range, it looks like.
10:08Yeah, Ponder's going to be on Colton Miller to the outside,
10:11and it's when Cousins steps up.
10:13Then Ponder retraces his steps.
10:15And is able.
10:16Miller has no idea that Cousins has stepped up at that point.
10:19That's great coverage in the secondary,
10:21which doesn't allow Cousins to get the ball out of his hands,
10:24and that allows that sack to happen.
10:26That's a look at Marcus Jones.
10:27He's back to get it.
10:28A.J. Cole will punt for Vegas.
10:35And Jones will let it bounce.
10:37And it trickles into the end zone.
10:38Touchback to the 20 in the first and 10.
10:42It's a 40-yard punt.
10:44He couldn't keep it in.
10:46Touchdown pass by May.
10:48Touchdown run by Stevenson.
10:55Well, the NFL family, all of us really,
10:57mourning the loss of the great Mike Gicku,
10:59who passed away Friday.
11:00Five-time All-Pro.
11:03Ditko was a force to be reckoned with at the tight end position,
11:06winning an NFL championship with George Halas and the Bears
11:09in a Super Bowl with the Cowboys as a player.
11:12Then he returned to coach the Chicago Bears,
11:15hired by George Halas as head coach.
11:18He took the Bears to a Super Bowl victory,
11:20defeating the Patriots.
11:21He has become synonymous with the Bears franchise,
11:26the history of pro football,
11:28by Ditko, passing at the age of 86.
11:32We just had a punt by the Raiders.
11:36Into the end zone.
11:37Touchback to the 20.
11:38Running back is Stevenson.
11:39First and 10 with play action.
11:41And outside it goes.
11:42Chisholm.
11:43With the call, the run, the spin, and the drive into Johnson.
11:47He's got the first down,
11:48and he's up to the Patriot.
11:5135, and again, is 16.
11:53Well, we did lose a great one in Mike Ditko.
11:56And as I said earlier,
11:57the first tight end ever to go into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
12:00And just a career as a player,
12:02but even more so kind of the impact he made as a coach.
12:08Mike and I actually did the Chicago Bears preseason for three years
12:12on WBBM in Chicago.
12:15Preseason games with him was a joy.
12:17First and 10.
12:18And a run here by Corey Cunningham.
12:21And a loose ball and a fumble.
12:23And the Raiders have got it.
12:26Stevenson was usually in.
12:28And Travion Henderson is out with an ankle right now.
12:31That was the run by Kiner.
12:34Well, we've got to see what the flag is, Kevin.
12:36It may be the Raiders in the neutral zone.
12:43Illegal shift.
12:44Nope.
12:45Offense.
12:45Two men moving.
12:47Not getting reset.
12:48That penalty's declined.
12:49The result of the play.
12:50First down, Las Vegas.
12:51Again, the Raiders are number one in the NFL coming into this week
12:55with now 10 takeaways, number one in the league.
12:59And this is Kiner, the former Arizona Cardinal.
13:04Well, excellent punch out by the Raiders,
13:06getting that ball loose and getting it recovered.
13:08As you said, coming into this game,
13:10the Raiders are excellent taking the football away.
13:12They were plus three coming into today.
13:14The Patriots, on the other hand, minus five on the season.
13:23The defense can step up.
13:26Genty is the back.
13:2738 in New England.
13:28And Cousins, who is 8-12 with the first and 10.
13:32Good time.
13:33Genty underneath.
13:35End of the 30-yard line, where he is whacked by Ellis
13:37and picks up eight.
13:39They're at the 30-yard line of the Pats.
13:45Well, Ellis there with the tackle.
13:47Zach Kerr was very complimentary of his two inside linebackers,
13:50both Ellis and Spillane.
13:53Just the focal point of that defense.
13:55Those two allow him to do so many different things as a play caller.
13:58Hayward is the fullback.
14:00Second and two.
14:01Genty will take it up the middle.
14:04And DJ Glaze with the block.
14:06And the tackle was made by Jalen Reed
14:08on a gain of three on second and two
14:10and a first down to the 27.
14:12Well, Glaze is playing better this year.
14:14And you look at the progress he's made.
14:16They're looking for him to continue to grow as a player.
14:18And his protections have been better this season
14:20and trying to get the run game going a little bit.
14:22That time able to pick up the first down on the ground.
14:25This offensive line has had just one change from the starters this season.
14:31That was last week at right guard.
14:32Now the normal right guard is back.
14:34That has helped stabilize the line.
14:36First and 10.
14:40With the end of round, Tucker.
14:41Oh, Redwell and Jones.
14:46Well thrown for a loss of 11.
14:48Redwell smelled it out.
14:50Back to the 38 with the loss.
14:52Tucker, no place to run.
14:54No place to hide.
14:55Draymond Jones is on the edge.
14:57You're counting on him to bite on the fake.
14:59Instead, he sees Tucker coming right at him.
15:02And he's like, nope, I'm not biting up on that one.
15:04I'm just going to go back here and make a big tackle for loss.
15:11Good discipline, good vision by Jones.
15:14Lowby the back.
15:15Second and 21 for Cousins.
15:17Claves the block underneath.
15:20And this will go for Lowby,
15:23who is finally brought down by Spillane, the former Raider,
15:26on a gain of seven.
15:28They make up a little right there to the 31 in New England.
15:31Well, I need a little bit of help.
15:32I'm sorry.
15:32No, because you're right on the verge of that field goal range.
15:34And so just getting to the more manageable third down.
15:37It's still third and 14.
15:39But if you're Cousins here, you can't take a sack.
15:43You've got to take a quick completion if you can.
15:45Maybe even a draw or a screen to not get knocked out of field goal range.
15:49It almost looks like, yeah,
15:50they're going to wait until the two-minute warning.
15:55Backup cornerbacks for the Pats have held up so far.
15:58It'll be third and 14 for the Raiders, down by seven,
16:02but on the move on CBS at the two-minute warning.
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16:28Trump, one of the matchups we're going to watch today,
16:30the linebackers, the defense of New England against these terrific tight ends for the Raiders.
16:35The Pats defense, the analytics say they're number two in defending tight ends coming into this game.
16:41Well, and right now, they're having a tough time with Bowers,
16:44but everybody has a tough time with Bowers.
16:48After the two-minute warning, third down 14.
16:50Lobby the back, lays the block, puts his arm, pass away, and incomplete for Tucker.
16:59And coverage downfield by Kendall Vildor.
17:03Again, these starting corners, the backups playing well.
17:06Well, they're both inside linebackers up in the A-gaps.
17:08They showed pressure, and they brought pressure.
17:10They're just an overload, so you have to block the inside.
17:13And that time, Bayer coming free on the outside, forces Cousins to throw it quickly,
17:18trying to take the matchup down the left sideline to Tucker.
17:21But Cousins, by getting rid of it, allows the opportunity for a field goal attempt.
17:25Here is a 49-yard drive by Matt Gay, who is perfect this season.
17:304-4 against the Chiefs last week in Vegas.
17:3349-yard drive.
17:35And he will have it clank and miss.
17:40Off the left upright.
17:43First miss.
17:45And Gay missed three kicks in pregame, all going to this end of the field.
17:51From 53, 58, and 57 in pregame.
17:54And this, doinks, off the left upright.
17:59And the Patriots survive after they fumble the ball.
18:03Timeout.
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18:10JB, Nate Russ, Coach Cowher, Kyle Long, scores, news, highlights of this week five in the NFL.
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18:20Lomu is still playing the left tackle.
18:23Campbell, who went in the tent after hurting an ankle or knee, or maybe both, as you can see, is
18:30upright, but has not come back in.
18:32A missed field goal after a Patriot fumble.
18:35And no harm for New England.
18:37When they take over after a missed 49-yard Raider field goal seconds ago.
18:41Well, and they've got three timeouts, Kevin, so you've got full use of the entire field here.
18:45You get the ball first in the second half, so you're trying to manage the clock so you don't get
18:49the Raiders any time.
18:50You want to go down and get some points and start off with a draw.
18:52Draw play.
18:53Stephenson up the middle, hit by Dean.
18:56Russell down 46-yard line with a gain on the play of seven, second and three.
19:03Well, and the Raiders sitting with two timeouts, so number one is stop them from scoring.
19:06But if you can manage it so you can get some time back for your offense,
19:11it's just this is those situational things that coaches like to talk about all the time.
19:15And now with under a minute and a half to go in the first half, both teams trying to manage
19:19this right.
19:22Second down and three, and again it's Stephenson.
19:25Outside, he's got the first down.
19:27Porter taking aim at him and brings him down in the secondary.
19:31Inside the 35 of the Raiders.
19:33Mark at the 34 with a run of 20 and a first down for New England.
19:37Well, excellent job by Stephenson recognizing the collapse over on the side.
19:42Watch the side as the defense just collapses down.
19:45They leave up outside contained, and he takes full advantage of it.
19:50Stays inbounds to keep the clock moving, now under a minute.
19:56First and ten.
19:58May.
19:59Rommel, a block.
20:01But the pocket crumbles up the middle.
20:03They come and brought down to the play by Lallou, who is on that defensive line.
20:09And Koontz, who comes in as well.
20:11And a timeout is taken.
20:14It's a 30-second timeout.
20:15And they lose a little bit.
20:18Three on the play.
20:20And back to the 37-yard line.
20:21Coming up, Verizon Halftime Report.
20:23JB and the guy scores news and highlights.
20:26It's the Verizon Halftime Report next here on CBS of the Patriots.
20:31Trent Green allowed only one sack last week at Buffalo.
20:34Now they get one today.
20:35They allowed nine in the first three games of the season.
20:39Well, and some of that comes down to quarterback play, right?
20:42Your quarterback can get the ball out of his hands.
20:43We talk about Kirk Cousins and him getting the ball out quickly.
20:47Or he had been coming into this game and not taking sacks.
20:51So, some of that balance between the offensive line, the backs, the tight ends,
20:54and, of course, your quarterback decision-making.
20:56Second down, 13.
20:58It's off to Hunter Henry.
21:00Moses a block.
21:01They get another block in there from Phubert Tucker.
21:04And look at him take it to the 11-yard line.
21:06What a run.
21:07Walker makes the stop.
21:08It's a catch and run of 27.
21:12Timeout taken.
21:1528 seconds to go.
21:18Perfect timeout.
21:18Second timeout.
21:20Perfect timing on the play call, Kevin.
21:22They're rushing four, dropping seven, but they're soft.
21:25They're trying to keep it deep.
21:26So, as they're dropping in zone coverage, they're actually setting up the screen.
21:30Nobody reacts to it or not enough guys react to it.
21:33See the quick block on Crousby gets him going upfield.
21:36And then here, there's no contact until he's down near the 15-yard line.
21:43Nice block up there, too, by the center, Jared Wilson,
21:46who has moved from guard to center this season.
21:50First and 10 at the 11 with the running back, Corey Conner.
21:57Made to the air.
21:59They get by Moses to the end zone.
22:01Caught, touchdown.
22:03Flag-throwed.
22:04Hunter got it.
22:06Hunter Henry caught it.
22:07After that last play, yeah, they may have an offensive pass interference.
22:15Holding defense number 17.
22:17The throw is declined.
22:19The result of the flag is touchdown.
22:21Hunter Henry caught the last one for 26, and Hunter just caught that touchdown of 11 yards.
22:27Well, the Kobe Dean is going to be the one in coverage, and he's the one called for the hold.
22:31I thought maybe Henry, watch this, he's right at the end of the line of scrimmage.
22:36Give it a little out and up and wrap around.
22:38Dean tries wrapping him with that right arm.
22:40I thought maybe we're going to get Henry with the push-off to get the separation.
22:43Instead, it was Dean with the right arm wrapped around the waist.
22:47The extra point away and good.
22:5021-7.
22:51The Patriots coming off their biggest win of the season last week.
22:56Drake May has thrown two touchdown passes.
22:59Henry catching that one.
23:01Stephenson had a touchdown run.
23:04And Demario Douglas caught one for 35 on the first possession for the Pats this afternoon.
23:12And May has gone 11-15 through the air.
23:15Yeah, good protection there.
23:17You saw the spin move by Crosby.
23:21He's able to create the pressure, but not enough before May steps into the throw to Henry and gets the
23:28touchdown.
23:31That's Hunter Henry's first touchdown reception of the season.
23:34And we get a 10-point swing.
23:36The missed field goal, and then the Patriots go the other way.
23:42You know, I asked Josh McDaniel, I said, what happened at halftime last week?
23:46Was there some epiphany that, you know, all of a sudden Greg May came out in the second half and
23:51did what he did against the Bills?
23:52And now he started right where he left off in Buffalo.
23:55And 11-15, 160 yards, two touchdowns, no interceptions, just playing outstanding football.
24:01And sometimes it just takes some good momentum to get going your way, and he's playing well.
24:07Laube will submarine to the 30 on the return.
24:12It's 23 yards.
24:14And Josh said there was nothing different about our conversations at halftime in Buffalo.
24:19It was just, you just kind of stick with it, stick with it, stick with it, and now he's playing
24:23some good football.
24:26Two timeouts for the Raiders here as they get the ball to 31.
24:31And they have Jenny in the backfield.
24:35And the two tight ends are in, although spread with the first and 10.
24:41Cousins is 10 of 15.
24:46They bring four.
24:47Here they come!
24:48Ponder got them!
24:50Ball is three!
24:51Recovered at the 20.
24:53Oh, Elijah Ponder, he is playing well.
24:56He has had at least a half set in four straight games.
25:02Well, he's just one-on-one on the outside against Miller,
25:05and he uses that speed to get around the edge and knock the ball loose.
25:08The Raiders fortunate to get the ball back.
25:11That is the end of the first half.
25:14Elijah Ponder has been a one-man wrecking crew.
25:19And the New England Patriots go to halftime 21-7.
25:23Halftime is coming up after these first-half highlights from Verizon
25:28and a word from your local CBS station.
25:34And we're back in Foxborough.
25:36Time now for first-half highlights delivered by Prime Patriot quarterback Drake May.
25:4235 yards to Mario Douglas.
25:45And that got things going for the Pats, scoring on their first possession.
25:50There's our score at the half.
25:52Second half moments away.
25:53And some of your first-half thoughts, Trent.
25:55Well, I think both these quarterbacks have played very efficiently.
25:58Drake May has been outstanding.
25:59When you look at the numbers that he's been able to put up,
26:01the way he's stretching the field, yes, that was a pretty wide open to Mario Davis in the end zone
26:06to get the touchdown.
26:07But really, he's been very good at standing in the pocket, making the progressions.
26:11He's been under a little bit of pressure.
26:13But he's been very accurate with his throws.
26:17And he's found some good balance with the running game as well.
26:20Hunter Henry with a touchdown catch right there.
26:22And on the other side, it's the defense of the Patriots, the job that they've done.
26:27The Raiders trying to get some kind of balance for Kirk Cousins, averaging under two yards per carry.
26:33Yeah, the running game has struggled and continues that way.
26:37And Zach Kerr in that Patriot defense had built momentum.
26:42Ponder has been terrific.
26:44Four and a half sacks this year.
26:46He had four in his rookie season last year.
26:49And the kickoff from the five.
26:53And taken here by Kyle Williams,
26:56who will dive up to the 33, a return of 28.
27:00Moments ago, Mel caught up with Mike Vrabel.
27:05Well, Mike, 256 yards of total offense in the first half.
27:08What's allowed for that kind of production so far?
27:10Well, I mean, we've protected the quarterback.
27:11I think that we've done a good job of hitting a few runs and hitting a couple plays down the
27:16field.
27:16Guys, we've really done well.
27:17We've converted our chances in the red zone.
27:19Defensively, you're down four corners today, just seven points allowed.
27:22What's impressed you most about your defense?
27:23Well, we got off the field on third down.
27:24We had a great sudden change stop there, which, again, that's what happens.
27:27You know, offense makes a mistake.
27:29Defense lifts them up.
27:30And, you know, we'll have to be really good here in the second half to be able to finish.
27:33Coach, thank you.
27:33Yeah, thank you.
27:34Fake to Henderson, Reardon, the rookie out of Notre Dame, is ridden out of bounds by Taron Johnson.
27:41Caught it.
27:41Nice way to begin.
27:42Up to the 45 and a pickup of 13 on first down.
27:45Well, starting with a little bit of misdirection, faking it out one way, just a bootleg out to the outside,
27:50trying to outflank him, which is what they were able to do.
27:53Good drive started there.
27:54You see Drake May's numbers from today, first three games, very efficient play at quarterback.
28:02Second half last week and starting this game today.
28:06Romu is still in at the left tackle.
28:08There is the pass on first and ten.
28:10Flag is thrown, caught by Chisholm, and tackled in the play by Stokes.
28:15With the ball at the 42 as of now.
28:21Illegal contact.
28:22Defense, number 35.
28:24That penalty's declined.
28:26The result of his first down.
28:28Rookie Hezekiah Massis.
28:35We just had a look at Rob Leonard, the defensive coordinator there,
28:38and trying to come up with some kind of solution for this offense.
28:42They're going to have to find ways to take the ball away.
28:44Yes, they took one away in the first half.
28:46It didn't result in any points.
28:48This defense, which leads the NFL in takeaways,
28:51has to try and get some more of those here in the second half
28:53to get their offense back into it.
28:54First and ten.
28:56May, again, to the side.
28:58And incomplete.
28:59With the coverage and the play by Massis.
29:01Flag is thrown, looking for Kyle Williams.
29:06And again, we mentioned this back in the first half.
29:08Pass interference.
29:10Defense, number 35.
29:12The ball to the spot on the foul.
29:13Automatic first down.
29:14This has been one of the least penalized teams in pro football.
29:17That are the Raiders, but they're getting their share today.
29:20Well, two plays on defense, two penalties on Massis here as he gets a hold.
29:26That's, I don't know what he's arguing about on that one.
29:28That was pretty, pretty evident.
29:30He had him wrapped up around the shoulders.
29:33Not a good start here to the second half.
29:35Chiefs were working on Massis last week.
29:36He's had a pretty good start, though.
29:39It's first and ten.
29:43And Stevenson looking to drive, and then he trills his way into Chin.
29:48Another flag.
29:49We've had more flags the first four weeks of this season than we've had in a long time.
29:54And they're keeping up with it here today.
29:57Pass interference.
29:59Offense.
30:00Number 18.
30:01That's a ten-yard penalty replay.
30:03First down.
30:04That's on Kyle Williams.
30:08So, Mike Vrabel had 24 new players, Trent, on this season, starting 53-man roster.
30:15And this is after winning the conference championship and going to the Super Bowl.
30:19Well, and that was the thing.
30:20We talked to him this week.
30:21We're like, oh, just the carryover from last season and, you know, building momentum.
30:24And, yeah, you made it to the Super Bowl.
30:26And he goes, new team, new year.
30:29It's completely different.
30:30You know, you consider half the lineup or half the roster is changed.
30:34So, first and 20 here with Stevenson.
30:37Spun off one.
30:38Then ran into Dean.
30:39And he's about the 33-yard line with a gain of a couple.
30:42He said, as much as I would like to tell you that there's some carryover.
30:45He goes, you just have to approach it as a new year.
30:47And new people, new bodies, and try and get it going.
30:50Yeah, it's nice to have a returning runner-up MVP, a quarterback at just 24 years old.
30:56But they've definitely had some holes to fill with that roster flip.
30:59Yeah, in four weeks, injuries for the Patriots have surpassed already.
31:03Their total number of players on IR all of last season.
31:08Second down and 18.
31:10Going deep.
31:12And he's got him at the goal line.
31:14Caught Williams.
31:15Touchdown.
31:21Well, Williams on masses.
31:24He gets behind him.
31:25And May doesn't miss.
31:28Puts it right over the outside shoulder.
31:34Excellent protection.
31:35Time to throw.
31:38We'll see the release one-on-one here.
31:40Just a little stutter.
31:41Freezes him.
31:42And then just outruns him as Masters tries to reach for him and grab him.
31:45But can't get a hold of him.
31:47And, as I said, perfect throw from Drake May.
31:52First touchdown reception this season for Kyle Williams.
31:55A high pick out of Washington State.
31:57The extra point here.
31:58Borogales is good.
32:00And the lead has been upped 28-7 with the quarterback, Drake May, with three touchdown passes.
32:08He has caught fire, as have the Patriots.
32:20A lot of Super Bowls here.
32:22All engineered by Tom Brady.
32:25Went to the Super Bowl last year with a young quarterback in Drake May.
32:29In the first three games, May, one touchdown pass and six picks.
32:33Last two games, Trent, six touchdown passes and one interception.
32:38Well, and this is kind of the play that you expected out of Drake May after last season.
32:44Lowby will take it.
32:45Number one kick return man in the NFL.
32:48And he was whacked as he went upfield.
32:52Hit by Latu.
32:5426-yard return.
32:55And, of course, we showed the Tom Brady statue.
32:58Six Super Bowl championships for the New England Patriots.
33:01And, of course, now part of the ownership group of the Las Vegas Raiders.
33:06So, they're honoring the 25th anniversary.
33:11Adam Vinatieri got his Hall of Fame ring here at halftime.
33:14And they honored 25 years since the Tuck Rule game, which, obviously, Tom was a big part of as well.
33:22Gentry the back.
33:23Hayward the fullback.
33:24Gentry the call.
33:25And goes into Spillane.
33:27And then knocked off his horse, Mel, by Woods after a gain of four.
33:31Guys, I caught up with Clint Kubiak going into the half.
33:33He said, we've got to start by playing better defense.
33:35And that starts with stopping the run.
33:37But, obviously, they're struggling in coverage as well.
33:39Offensively, he said, we face too many pressures.
33:41We need to do a better job protecting the quarterback.
33:43And we've got to get something going in the run game to open things up offensively.
33:47We'll see if they can start to sustain drives here.
33:49Yeah, the run game is number 24 coming in.
33:51And here's a second-six run for Gentry.
33:54And then a lot of congestion up front.
33:57Ellis and others with a hand on it.
34:00When you watch tape of the Raider offense coming into this, did you see a lot of concepts that Kubiak
34:08had used with the Seahawks?
34:09He definitely did, but it's different personnel.
34:11They focus on the tight ends here.
34:13They're not as deep from a wide receiver standpoint.
34:16So, they're utilizing different running backs, which is what they did in Seattle.
34:19But much more involved in this are the tight ends than compared to what they used in Seattle a year
34:25ago.
34:25Lowby is in.
34:27Third and five.
34:29Cousins is 10 of 15.
34:33Glaze a block.
34:34Pocket crumbles.
34:35The 38-year-old Cousins on the fly.
34:38It's incomplete looking for bounds.
34:40And the coverage was there by Kendall Vildor.
34:45Elevated last week against Buffalo.
34:47Yesterday, signed to the roster for New England in a decimated secondary.
34:52Well, Bowers is going to be working around the right sideline.
34:55And watch, it's just rushing for.
34:56And the pocket collapses.
34:58Cousins is able to escape and get to the outside.
35:00And just an excellent play by Vildor to get that hand in there and knock it away from Bowers in
35:05the first down.
35:11A.J. Cole gets ready to punt.
35:14For the Raiders, who come in 3-1 against the 2-2 New England Patriots.
35:20Well, and Clint Kubiak just told Melanie at halftime as far as trying to run the football.
35:25And I mentioned coming out at halftime, under two yards per carry in the first half.
35:29They've got to get some balance.
35:30But as we also mentioned in the first half, nobody faces more eight in the box than the Raiders do.
35:35They've got to find a way to get defenses to relax a little bit to open up that run game.
35:39Cole to Jones at the 10.
35:42He'll pick and poke his way and then try to slip out of the grasp of Polamau and was brought
35:49down.
35:49Flag thrown.
35:514.63 on the hang on a 53-yard punt with a 15-yard Marcus Jones return.
36:02Again, Christian Gonzalez is out today.
36:05Carlton Davis is out today.
36:06The two starting corners.
36:09Personal foul.
36:10Illegal blindside block.
36:13Return team, number 48.
36:16The penalty's half the distance to the goal.
36:18First down.
36:19New England.
36:22Obi Izar will pick it up.
36:23He's a rookie out of TCU.
36:27Timeout taken.
36:2811-26 in the third.
36:30New England on top.
36:31May three touchdown passes.
36:37We're back in Foxboro.
36:39Let's take a look at who brings it home.
36:41Delivered by Wayfair.
36:42May to begin the game.
36:43First possession, 35 yards to Douglas.
36:47Then to the air.
36:48The tight end catching.
36:50Hunter Henry 11-yard touchdown.
36:52Then the 34-yard strike to Kyle Williams.
36:56And the Patriots have jumped off to a sizable lead.
37:01The numbers for some of the principals in this one.
37:05After the Raider punt from the 13.
37:08First and 10.
37:11And Stevenson up the middle.
37:13Shoved on the play by a center.
37:15Wilson.
37:15Boy, you see a lot of this.
37:17And also getting a push from Arkin.
37:19And he takes it for almost the first down.
37:22Eichenberg makes the stop.
37:23It's a gain of nine.
37:23Oh, and a fly.
37:24Offense, number 75.
37:26Penalty's half the distance to the goal.
37:28Replay first down.
37:29Elijah Vera Tucker.
37:31The free agent from the Jets.
37:36He gets called with hooking in the middle of the line.
37:42What would have been a great start to this drive with that push of the pile.
37:46Now all of a sudden backed up.
37:47First and 15.
37:54From Andre Stevenson is the back.
37:56Chisholm was on the move.
37:59And made a place to go there because Koontz was all over Amell and foiled that play.
38:06Well, guys, last week leading up to the Buffalo game, Mike Vrabel showed his team an iconic video
38:10of Allen Iverson stepping over Ty Lue in the 2001 NBA Finals.
38:14He said, I wanted guys to know they're either part of the answer or they're the issue.
38:17And he said, I wanted every guy to feel like they're going to be the answer to why we're
38:21going to turn things around and get back into the race.
38:23Christian Ellis said the message was it's time to start stepping over the competition
38:26with physicality and do it with swagger.
38:29So far, they're doing that today.
38:30Yeah, they are.
38:31I love that.
38:32You're either the answer or the issue.
38:34Second and 16.
38:35Here they come at me.
38:37Koontz was chasing.
38:39Quaid Walker was chasing.
38:40Davis may have caught it in front of Dean, but was he in bounds?
38:45What a catch!
38:49Well, if this is indeed stands as a catch, it's being called one on the sideline.
38:53Let's see if he's able to get it down.
38:57Very close.
38:58It's going to be close.
38:59They've got...
39:01I don't know if he had both feet.
39:02I don't know if he was dragging him when he had control of the ball.
39:05I think that's the question.
39:07It is an incomplete pass.
39:10It will be second down.
39:11So no challenge was made.
39:13Expedited review from back in New York made that an incomplete pass.
39:19We talked before about the rate.
39:21Watch the pressure they give.
39:22And then...
39:24Boy, the ball was not secured.
39:26You called it, Trent.
39:28By the time the ball was...
39:29The feet were down.
39:30Toe-chapped.
39:30But by the time the ball was secured, it wasn't.
39:34So...
39:34But that play was pressured by the Raider defense.
39:38They have the number three pressure rate this season.
39:41Number 27 last year.
39:43So clearly they've made strides in that category.
39:46Well, they only have three knockdowns of Drake May in the first half.
39:49They've got to get more pressure.
39:50As you said, Kevin, they have to get more pressure.
39:52And they have to get more takeaways here in the second half.
39:54Andre Stephens in the back and across right here.
39:57And Kyle Williams tries to get free.
40:00And Quay Walker will wrestle him down at about the 14-yard line.
40:03And they pick up on the play eight.
40:05Fourth down.
40:06Here comes the punting unit.
40:07The Raiders needed a defensive stand.
40:10And they got it.
40:10Butts needed defensive stand.
40:12And an excellent job.
40:13They were aided by a couple of penalties.
40:14And just the pressure they put on Drake May to be erring a little bit on the throw.
40:19But good job by Walker as that screen was set up.
40:22He chased him down all the way across the field.
40:26Devin Tompkins is back.
40:28Fifth-year veteran from Utah State.
40:30Elevated today.
40:31Undrafted.
40:32He's played for the Bucs.
40:32The Panthers, the Falcons, and the Bills.
40:35Raiders should get decent field position here.
40:39Wischnowski will punt.
40:45They've had four different personal protectors, too, for him.
40:49And from the 31, it's Tompkins.
40:53Finds a drop.
40:54And then he lost his balance.
40:55But it was a nice return, nonetheless, with a good hang of five seconds.
40:59And he blasts his way for 19.
41:02After the 54-yard punt, setting up good field position for Kirk Cousins.
41:36Rain has started here in Foxborough.
41:37Brought down by Jones.
41:39He is indispensable.
41:41A 27-yard catch and run inside the 25 of New England.
41:46Well, we just talked about right at the commercial break, they need to get a big chunk as we see
41:50Mark Davis, the owner of the Raiders.
42:20The culture change that has happened with the Raiders.
42:21Perfectly goes in and knocks out Bauer's leg.
42:23Tucker's to the outside, trying to get the block, but misses it.
42:27One of the problems has been with Woods.
42:29His shoulder has a shoulder injury.
42:32And that was a shoulder tackle.
42:36You're right.
42:36The injuries have been significant.
42:39They're the fourth most injured team the Patriots are right now in the NFL.
42:45And that is a big loss with another game without Gonzalez.
42:57And good to see Woods getting up under his own power.
43:02So these injuries to the cornerbacks are, Matt, you know, we haven't talked about Canada or Prunty.
43:09Yeah, I mean, all four guys.